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Document granting land to Pascal Fish on behalf of other Fish family membersAuthor: No authors specified.Date: September 27, 1859

This document, with President Buchanan's signature signed by a secretary, granted land to Pascal Fish and his family who were members of the "united tribe of Shawnee Indians." The land was granted under provisions of a treaty between the Shawnee Indians and the U. S. government signed May 10, 1854. Specific acreage in Johnson County was designated.